#E8E4EA#E8E4EA

#E8E4EA is a very light, near-neutral purple. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.009 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E4EA
RGB	rgb(232, 228, 234)
HSL	hsl(280, 13%, 91%)
HSV	hsv(280, 3%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 2.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.05, 2.42, -2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.05, 3.43, 314.78°)
OKLab	oklab(92.37% 0.0064 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(92.37% 0.009 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(75.8710, 78.5832, 88.9970)
Luminance	0.7858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E4EA #E6EAE4

analogous

#E5E4EA #E8E4EA #EAE4E9

triadic

#E8E4EA #EAE8E4 #E4EAE8

tetradic

#E8E4EA #EAE5E4 #E6EAE4 #E4E9EA

square

#E8E4EA #EAE5E4 #E6EAE4 #E4E9EA

split-complementary

#E8E4EA #E9EAE4 #E4EAE5

monochromatic

#AD9FB4 #CBC2CF #E8E4EA #F0EEF2 #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E8E4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.72

#E8E4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E4EA

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E4EA	1.00	1.26	16.72	16.72
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3E5EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4E5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8E5E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 228, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.009 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efecf0',
    500: '#e8e4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e4ea;
$custom-light: #efecf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 90.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92371,
    "c": 0.00909,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E4EA

secondary

#B7BFB3

accent

#974F67

background

#FFFEFF

surface

#FEFDFE

border

#D6D5D6

text

#161616

muted

#858485

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E4EA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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